Tensions flared in the Senate on Tuesday as three senators engaged in a heated dispute regarding their seating arrangements. Senators Danjuma Goje of Gombe Central and Sahabi Yau of Zamfara North expressed dissatisfaction with their assigned seats and brought their grievances to Senate Majority Leader Opeyemi Bamidele.

Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West and serving as the chairman of the Senate Services Committee, oversees seating arrangements according to the Senate's standing rules, which dictate seating based on rank.

The dispute erupted during Senate President Godswill Akpabio's reading of his welcome address. Goje and Yau, seated on the second row on the right side of the aisle, indicated their discontent with their assigned seats, arguing that they should be seated in the front row on the extreme right, opposite the majority leader and the deputy senate president.

It's worth noting that the red chamber has resumed using its refurbished chamber after two years of renovations.